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F. J. WEIS.

DRIVING MECHANISM FOR (mas.

No. 398,208. Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

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lTED STATES arrest l l lfim FRANCIS J. \VEIS, OF JERSEY CITY, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITED STATES MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DRIVING MECHANISM FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,208, dated February19, 1889.

Application filed June 28, 1888. gerial No. 278,439. (lilo in'odelJ TaZZ whom it may concern: inner side, which flanges are of smaller diame-Be it known that I, FRANCIS J. \VEIS, of .l'erter than the tread of thewheels. sey City, in the county of Hudson and State (Z represents theelectrically-rotated or 1n0- of New Jersey,haveinvented an Improvementtor'shaft, the armature of which motor is 5 in Driving Mechanism forCars; and the folshown by dotted lines, and said shaft cl has 55 lowingis declared to be a description of the end bearings in the frame a, andthere are megear-whcels 6 near the respective ends of said My presentinvention relates to improveshaft (1. ments 1n car-motors dependent 011electricity The shafts f and z are supported in bearings 10 as a motivepower, and said improvements in the rocking frames 3 s. Said rocking 60are connected with and relate to the devices frames have short centralshafts in bearings described and claimed in the application of connectedto the frame a, and the shafts f and Joseph \Veis filed July 1.), 1887,Serial No. i pass through between the parts of the frame 244,707, whichapplication was duly allowed a, and upon their outer ends are the pairsof I 5 February 3, 1888. friction-wheels 71 and 7c, the pair offriction- 65 The devices constituting my present invenwheels 72 beingadapted to engage the outer tion are applicz-tlflc to cars driven by anelecsurface of the flanges c and the pair of frictric motor, theelectric current for operating tion-wheels 71: adapted to engage theinner the motor being derived from any well-known surface of the flangesc, the friction-wheels or desired source of supply; and my inven- 72being slightly larger than the wheels k, 70 tion consistsin thecombination,withthe main which compensate for the slightly-differentsupportingfran1c for the car-body and drivdistance they have to travelaround the outer ing and supporting wheels, of friction-wheels surfaceof the flanges 0 over and above bearing upon annular flanges andoperated what the wheels 7t: would travel on the inner 2 5 by ahand-lever system to engage or disengage surface of the flanges c, andthe shafts d and 7 5 said friction wheels and flanges to drive or f ofsaid wheels are connected by gears 'L" and stop the on r. ()ne pair ofsaid friction-wheels f, of the same size, and upon the shaft f thereengages the outer surface of the annular are larger gears, c, which meshwith the flanges and the other pair of said frictionsmaller gears, 6,upon the electrically-r-otated wheels engages the inner surface, so thatbeshaft- (Z. The gears c and 6 permit the speed 80 tween thefrictioil-wheels there simply a of the shaft (Z to be slowed down.thickness of the flange, and the shafts of said Connected to the upperand lower ends of friction wheels are mounted in lmarings the rockingframes .5 s are the pull levers or formed in rocking frames, and uponsaid rods m m, which pass to the respective ends shafts are gearsmeshing with one another of the car and are connected to hand-levers 85and operated by gears upon the electricallyof any desired construction,the operation of rotated ormotorshaft, and said rockingframes said rodsm m from either end of the car are operated. by a hand-lever system frombeing to swing the rocking frames 8 8' out of either end of the car. thevertical line, sothatthe pairs of friction- 40 In the d rawings, Figurel is a scclionalclcwheels 71/ and 7;- are caused to grasp or bite 9ovation of the wheels and gear through the the flanges c c, and by therotation imparted shafts of the respective arts, and Fig. 2 is a to themfrom the electricallyarotated shaft plan of the same. through the gearsbet'm'e named they in turn The frame a is adapttal to carry in anyderevolve the flanges c and wheels 0 and imsired manner the car-body,and the pair of part motion to the car and its running-gear, 95 wheelsI) are mounted in bearings at one end and when the rods on m are notpulled upon of said frame, and the pair of wheels 0 are and the rockingframes 3 .9 stand vertically mounted in bearings connected to the otherthe friction-wheels run free and do not operend of the frame a, and eachof said wheels ate upon the flanges c, and any desired brake c is madewith an annular flange, 0, upon its mechanism can then be applied to theperiphloo ery or tread of the wheels 0 or b to stop the car.

The amount of motion necessary to impart to the rocking frames and thefriction-wheels is exceedingly slight, and. would not in any case amountto over a quart-er of an inch, and will not in any way affect the gearse e.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the frame a, a pair ofwheels, I), the pair of wheels 0, having flanges c, and aneleotr'ically-rotated or n10- tor shaft, of pairs of friction-wheelsadapted to grasp the outer and inner peripheries of the flanges c, therocking frame in which the shafts of said friction-wheels are mounted,gearing connecting said shafts with each other and with theeleetrioally-rotated shaft, and mechanism, substantially as specified,for op erating the pairs of friction-wheels for driving the wheels 0,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the frame a, the pair of wheels Z),'the pair ofwheels 0 and their flanges c, and an electrically-rotated motor-shaft,of the shafts f t', the rocking frames 8 s, forming bearings for saidshafts, short shafts by which the rocking frames are pivoted to theframe a, pairs of friction-Wheels h 70, mounted upon the respective endsof the shafts ft, and the gears 1", f, and e, substano tially as and forthe purposes set forth.

Signed by me this 22d day of June, 1888. I FRANCIS J. VVEIS. lVitnesses:

GEO. T PINCKNEY, HAROLD SERRELL.

